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Subject: Re: Gulko's concluding comments about his match vs. the computer quartet

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 15:20:11 04/01/02

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On April 01, 2002 at 16:09:27, martin fierz wrote:

>On April 01, 2002 at 14:03:36, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>On April 01, 2002 at 13:56:11, Shay Bushinsky wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.kasparov.com/serve/templates/folders/show.asp?p_docID=20790&p_docLang=EN
>>
>>
>>A few interesting highlights:
>>
>>"I was totally unprepared to play against a modern playing program. My
>>experience from the mid-1990s turns out to have been completely irrelevant
>>today. I realized that in order to be successful a Grandmaster has to prepare in
>>an entirely different manner to play with computers compared with “human” chess.
>>I would compare playing against a computer to a struggle with a river with
>>strong rapids in the fairway and calm waters outside. The art is to reach the
>>calm waters – a key to success in playing against computers."
>>
>>"You have to not only find weaknesses in computers, but also to rid your style
>>of methods you normally use against humans. You have to abstain from using a
>>psychological approach, since computers don’t have psychology. You must refrain
>>from looking for mistakes in the calculations of your opponent, as computers
>>don’t miscalculate."
>>
>>"During the match I came to some new insights about the way computers play. The
>>first round I lost 1-3, the second finished 2-2, and I think that I would win a
>>third round."
>
>interesting! not what gulko is saying (of course you have to forget about
>psychology against comps), but that he is saying it - it means that he was
>essentially unprepared in this match.

I am not surprised, In fact that is what I said before. To be _well_ prepared
against computers you need a lot of time that will be wasted since they
play humans the rest of the year.

>smirin will receive money based on his success rate, and he has the gulko match
>to look at. he should be able to do better than gulko...

But he will be not prepared optimally either. If anybody wants a GM to be
specially prepared against the silicon monsters, more than 2500 U$ should
be spent.

The matches are very interesting anyway, and to me, that is what matters most.

Regards,
Miguel

>
>cheers
>  martin



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